ubifs_check_dir_empty(9)

💅 ubifs_check_dir_empty(9) 💅

okay bestie, this page is ubifs_check_dir_empty(9) straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it’s lowkey a tiny little vibe check for directories 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ubifs_check_dir_empty — check if a directory is empty or not. no cap, that’s literally the whole job ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ubifs_check_dir_empty (struct inode *dir );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dir — the VFS inode object of the directory to check 👀

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

This function checks if directory dir is empty. She returns zero if the directory is empty, -ENOTEMPTY if it is not, and other negative error codes in case of errors 😭

like, zero means “bestie it’s empty,” -ENOTEMPTY means “nope, there’s stuff in there,” and any other negative error codes mean something went sideways fr fr 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./fs/ubifs/dir.c:

• inherit_flags(9)
• ubifs_new_inode(9)
• lock_2_inodes(9)
• unlock_2_inodes(9)
• vfs_dent_type(9)
• lock_4_inodes(9)
• unlock_4_inodes(9)

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mwah 💖 this icon is from ./fs/ubifs, dated October 2026, and it’s giving very ubifs_check_dir_empty(9) main character energy — periodt 👑